Cyber Security Lead

About us

Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts people at the core of its success.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Technology, the Cyber Security Lead will be responsible for protecting Royal Museums Greenwich information systems, users, and data while actively leading the continuous improvement of Royal Museum Greenwich’s cyber security posture.

The role combines hands-on operational cyber security support with ownership of the cyber maturity journey, proactively identifying risks, recommending improvements, and driving changes that strengthen resilience, reduce exposure, and support safe digital transformation. It is ideal for a cyber security professional who wants to move beyond operational support and take an active role in shaping, influencing, and improving on Royal Museum Greenwich’s cyber security landscape, while remaining hands-on and close to the technology.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of modern cyber threats, attack techniques, and defensive controls, demonstrable hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 security technologies (Defender, Entra ID, Conditional Access, Intune, or similar), and the proven ability to assess cyber risks and make clear, proportionate recommendations. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain cyber risks to non-technical audiences, a proactive mindset with a passion for improving security, not just maintaining it, and experience responding to and investigating cyber security incidents are also a essential for this role.

This is a permanent, full-time role, in Band 3 - Senior Management. Core hours of work will be 36, 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday, with 3 days onsite and an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management. Due to the nature of the work flexibility is required in meeting the demands of the role.

Salary: £55,000 per annum

We encourage you to read the full job description/person specification before applying for this role.

Please submit a CV, 1-page cover letter and the details of at least two professional references.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 4 Aug (PM only), 5 Aug, 6 Aug.

Please note we are currently unable to sponsor visas.

Benefits

We offer:

• A generous pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• 40% discount in our cafés, 30% in our shops
• Interest-free loans (travel, bike, gym, learning)
• Free Life Assurance Scheme covering you for 2 times your annual salary
• Free entry to exhibitions at partner museums and galleries
• Flexible and hybrid working options • A culture that celebrates individuality, collaboration, and innovation

To find out more, read a full list of our benefits.

EDI

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone.

We actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided with the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.

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